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Have all the parties concerned in the case for PIA really lost it?
The employees need to know that the clamour did not generate public sympathy because of the abysmal level of services.
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When the media gets off the wrong side of the bed
Sometimes, of course, media is in a ‘damned if you do, damned if you don’t’ position.
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To be or not to be a holiday: The only reason we remember Allama Iqbal?
There has been far greater discussion about the national poet in these few days than is done over the entire year.
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Dear (ir)responsible Pakistani media, the Mina tragedy needed sensitivity not sensationalism
Why did the media suddenly have to get into the mode of speculation and blame game, even before the facts had emerged?
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“We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”
Why would the West be at war with Islam when many Muslims are doing a pretty darned good job of it themselves?
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Sensationalism over ethics, what happened to journalism?
We see the use of images that tend to sensationalise issues that demand a more sober and serious discourse.
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No need to run for your lives, there is no tsunami coming our way
The UN drill was blown out of proportion and, of course, we had the perfect spin-off packages on the electronic media.
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Was it 'unethical' of Diana Magnay to call the Israelis 'scum'?
Was it acceptable to shed the CNN persona and become Diana Magnay again to express what she felt?
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#KarachiAirportAttack: We learn from history, that we NEVER learn from history
These people entered not only wearing uniforms, not all that hard to acquire, but came in with heavy weaponry. How?
